Summer Research Participation 2007

Summer 2007 Research Participants at Trona Pinnacles

Photos

High school students Anthony Luna and Maricela Guiterrez sample lake cores for TOC analysis.	Dave Marquart of the US Park Service demonstrates basic Mono Lake water analyses to summer participants.	Participants received a lecture and a tour of Chevron's Omar Hill Co-Generation Plant in the Kern River Oil Field.	High school teacher Adam Herrera and high school student Nick Duerr process sediment samples in hopes to find volcanic ash.
Dr. Manuel Palacios-Fest describes lake sediments in-situ at Trona Pinnacles National Monument.	CSUB undergraduate student Raquel Ramirez sieves sediment samples looking for ostracodes.	High school student Mark Duerr carefully describes pollen samples using a petrographic microscope in one of the Geology Departments microscope labs.	High school teachers Laurie Kessler and Patricia McKee pause for a Kodak moment at Convict Lake.
High school student Alyce Kayes carefully picks ostracodes for classification using a dissecting microscope and a fine tipped brush.	The weather was field trip perfect for a day at Mono Lake.	High school student Nancy Kedzierski holds tiny brine shrimp from Mono Lake.	High school students are busy describing and sampling core in the geology lab.
High school student Maricela Guiterrez proudly holds a full tray of boxed sediment samples ready for the Magnetic Susceptibility Meter.	Stefanie Frelinger, an undergraduate from the Colorado School of Mines uses at petrographic microscope to pick volcanic glass shards from carefully separated core samples.	Anthony Luna moves cores from the cold room to the lab.	CSUB faculty give a field lecture on the geology of the Trona Pinnacles area during the 2 day field trip.

Participant Testimonials

"Hi... It's Whitney from the geo internship. I have some good  news---I'm officially a geological sciences major! I'm really really really excited too. Professor Atwater (the head of the geology  advisors) was incredibly impressed with the work I did with you at  CSUB. I was talking to her about it and she said she was amazed at what I knew. Just thought I would say thanks and I hope to come back  next year with some more knowledge for UCSB!!! I am taking a lot of  field trips this year, so that will be fun too."       -Whitney Hawkins, Student, UC Santa Barbara

"Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to participate in the summer research program. I really enjoyed the program, it exposed to me so much about the geological features of California which helped me in my teaching field, not only in teaching, but also I became fascinated in the field of geology. I'm taking a class in geology at BC...  ...Actually, I did incorporate the content to my class but  I'm still working to see how much interested they are in going to university. Maybe, by next year we may propose a visit to the CSUB to see if that will motivate them."           -Victoria Ndukwu, Teacher,

"As you know the NSF Scholarship was essential to my success at a four year university. As a Senior at Boron High School, I wanted to study geology but did not have the financial support needed to attend a state university. I was planning to attend the local community college and eventually transfer to Humboldt State University. One day while walking into the guidance office I saw the flyer for the NSF scholarship. I applied for the scholarship and the rest is history.  The National Science Foundation brought me to Cal State Bakersfield where I got my first real taste of geology.  I have since transferred to Humboldt State University.  Studying in Northern and Southern California has given me a well rounded view of California Geology and water politics. Currently I am working as a Student Professional Worker at the Humboldt County Environmental Health Department.  Your hydrology class has prepared me for the work I am doing now with ground water remediation related to service stations. I plan on continuing my graduate studies here at H.S.U.."         -Sean Jungers, CSU Humbolt Geology Student

How Participants Are Applying Their New Earth Science Skills

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0303324. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.	Funding for this program was provided by a grant donated by the Chevron Corporation.

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